SA Women’s Hockey Squad Named

The South African Hockey Association have named the SA women’s squad from whom the national team will be selected for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which takes place from October 23 to November 1 at a venue still to be determined. SA head coach Sheldon Rostron says: ‘We are looking to establish some stability within this group by creating a core players, with five to sixplayers that we will be looking at to secure specific positions and areas. We are planning to bring more youngsters into this group as the successors to key personal like Marsha Cox, while also looking at the longevity of the team. We have a development plan in place that will allow us to grow players in the SA ‘A’ team, while the national team to be selected from the SA squad named today is purely focused on performance.’

Rostron added that a selection camp will take place from September 24 to finalise the 18 players going forward to the Africa Cup.